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chief negotiator saeb erekat accused israel of "defying the whole international community." in syria, internet access and most phone service was blocked for a second day. opposition activists blamed the regime. government officials insisted rebels were behind the outage. meanwhile, fighting continued in and around damascus, but government troops managed to reopen the road to the city's airport. the u.s. soldier accused of espionage in the wikileaks document dump has conceded he considered suicide after his arrest. private first class bradley manning was cross-examined today in a pre-trial hearing at fort meade, maryland. he admitted making a noose out of bed sheets before being sent to the u.s. marine corps brig at quantico, virginia. manning says his treatment there was so harsh, the charges should be dismissed. the military says manning was a suicide risk, so jailers kept him isolated and took away his clothes. the holders of half of that record powerball jackpot of $588 million came forward today in missouri. a 52-year-old mechanic, mark hill, and his wife cindy were intr
chief negotiator saeb erekat accused israel of "defying the whole international community." in syria, internet access and most phone service was blocked for a second day. opposition activists blamed the regime. government officials insisted rebels were behind the outage. meanwhile, fighting continued in and around damascus, but government troops managed to reopen the road to the city's airport. the u.s. soldier accused of espionage in the wikileaks document dump has conceded he...
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i think it is rooted in disagreements not just about israel but about defence cuts. but about his ease on iran which are significantly to the left of president. and because he doesn't have a lot of respect of former colleagues here which are chrorming out, and many of them in opposition. i think it's an unlikely nomination. >> woodruff: we return you both to the gun control discussion. we heard from the head of the nra, mark, today, wayne la pierre who is advocating putting an armed guard in every school. the president launched a task force this week. where do you see it headed. >> that call wayne la pierre and the nra a-- i think is an understatement. they seem to be almost whining about criticism of their position was somehow rooted in the press buyas or elected officials who have gun-free school zones. you know, judy, the reality is, and it's a terrible reality, since robert kennedy died in the ambassador hotel on june 4th, 1968, more americans have died from gunfire than died in all the war, all the wars of this country's history, from the revolutionary to the ci
i think it is rooted in disagreements not just about israel but about defence cuts. but about his ease on iran which are significantly to the left of president. and because he doesn't have a lot of respect of former colleagues here which are chrorming out, and many of them in opposition. i think it's an unlikely nomination. >> woodruff: we return you both to the gun control discussion. we heard from the head of the nra, mark, today, wayne la pierre who is advocating putting an armed guard...
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as long as the threat exists they will fight israel. they are committed to an anti-sellity-- anti-semitic of killing juice jews, it's in their charter n their document t is what they are openly saying. they are not leave israel alone regard will of what is happening. so once israel withdraws totally from the gaza strip they started shelling israeli cities. and i also agree that whatever israel can achieve, and it can achieve quite a lot. it achieved four years of tranquillity, relative tranquillity. but only can achieve relative tranquillity for a while and then it will come up again because the hamas is committed to the destruction of the state of israel. >> brown: just a brief last word here. but you're saying it require its american leadership but do you-- do you see -- >> i don't see it happening, that's why. >> brown: it can't happen. >> no-- well, no you cannot say there is no american leadership, otherwise are you leaving the sides to their own devices and there will be more conflict and tragedies between palestinians and israeli
as long as the threat exists they will fight israel. they are committed to an anti-sellity-- anti-semitic of killing juice jews, it's in their charter n their document t is what they are openly saying. they are not leave israel alone regard will of what is happening. so once israel withdraws totally from the gaza strip they started shelling israeli cities. and i also agree that whatever israel can achieve, and it can achieve quite a lot. it achieved four years of tranquillity, relative...
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the israeli secret services finally get their man. >> did israel murder, assassinate, get rid of yasser arafat. >> i can tell you a definite absolute no. they used to say that we, that our snipers had arafat on their sights and the decision was not to kill him. >> reporter: whatever dark secret this grave might or might not reveal, the timing is fortuitous. in the very week that palestinians applied to the united nations for recognition. a significant step towards the fulfillment of yasser arafat's life work. after arafat's death, experts warned after so many years definitive answers are likely to remain elusive. >> sreenivasan: swiss, french, and russian experts will examine the samples. palestinian officials said it will take at least three months to obtain any results. four women in the u.s. military filed suit in san francisco today, challenging the pentagon's ban on women in combat. they charged the ban violates the u.s. constitution and blocks women from key promotions. they also said that, in fact, women are already serving unofficially in combat units. this is the second such la
the israeli secret services finally get their man. >> did israel murder, assassinate, get rid of yasser arafat. >> i can tell you a definite absolute no. they used to say that we, that our snipers had arafat on their sights and the decision was not to kill him. >> reporter: whatever dark secret this grave might or might not reveal, the timing is fortuitous. in the very week that palestinians applied to the united nations for recognition. a significant step towards the...
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and israel decides what crosses- - goods, people. it is a complete commercial strangehold on a place desperate to be a country. policemen able to show themselves on the streets without being targets for the first time in nine days. fighters, too, and so many people in gaza claim their ability to fire rockets into tel aviv and jerusalem has changed everything. we went north this morning, as did so many gazans, to areas they fled in recent days. up here in north gaza, close to the frontier with israel, people are used to the airstrikes that come, the craters that pockmark the countryside and that destroy their buildings. let's face, it's happened now every few years. so when you come here, you'll find a sense of relief and immediate happiness, of course, but people are pretty skeptical about whether the peace will last. >> ( translated ): god willing i hope it holds but i'm 50/50. they've been breaking their promises since the prophet's day. >> reporter: mobility scooter meets hamas flag. ahmed atah lost both legs in the last israeli i
and israel decides what crosses- - goods, people. it is a complete commercial strangehold on a place desperate to be a country. policemen able to show themselves on the streets without being targets for the first time in nine days. fighters, too, and so many people in gaza claim their ability to fire rockets into tel aviv and jerusalem has changed everything. we went north this morning, as did so many gazans, to areas they fled in recent days. up here in north gaza, close to the frontier with...
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so this is kind of a year of decision for them in israel. it's a kind of now or never kind of element. it is not something they were yearning to do. they would hope the sanctioned worked but they would have to make a decision among sub optimal conditions. they don't have america's military capability and their window closes quicker than the united states. >> suarez: you mentioned the sarntions working, david ignatius, is that a big campbell-- gamble for israel, not waiting to see if the factions which by widespread reporting are cutting deep in iran, do have time to work. >> the united states government believes that it is a mistake for israel to consider launching or launch such an attack. they believe that the sanctions are working, that there is an international coalition that has been assembled that is increasingly agressive in trying to stop this iranian program. they worry that a uni lateral israeli strike would below that coalition apart. so they think it is a bad idea, i want to be very clear about that. also i should make clear that
so this is kind of a year of decision for them in israel. it's a kind of now or never kind of element. it is not something they were yearning to do. they would hope the sanctioned worked but they would have to make a decision among sub optimal conditions. they don't have america's military capability and their window closes quicker than the united states. >> suarez: you mentioned the sarntions working, david ignatius, is that a big campbell-- gamble for israel, not waiting to see if the...
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and israel's leader then as now eventually handed it over. meshaal backed a steady stream of suicide bombings which israel's separation wall has largely stopped and the hamas earlier this year, meshaal left his home damascus abandoning the assad regime to its fate. he's also making peace overtures to president abbas, his palestinian rival in the west bank. >> -- hamas government in gaza. >> and the hamas leader may still be a wanted man. palestinian police have been rehearsing the drill for any assassination attempt. >> is >> sreenivasan: israel and the u.s. consider hamas a terror organization. the israelis had little to say about today's visit. the death toll has passed 500 in the typhoon that smashed into the philippines on tuesday, with more than 400 people still missing. rescuers dug through mud and debris again today, to retrieve bodies in the hardest hit compostela valley region. some 250 people died there. more than 300,000 others lost their homes in the storm. president o blamea-- obama will ask congress for $50 billion for hurricane
and israel's leader then as now eventually handed it over. meshaal backed a steady stream of suicide bombings which israel's separation wall has largely stopped and the hamas earlier this year, meshaal left his home damascus abandoning the assad regime to its fate. he's also making peace overtures to president abbas, his palestinian rival in the west bank. >> -- hamas government in gaza. >> and the hamas leader may still be a wanted man. palestinian police have been rehearsing the...
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. >> i think i liked mostly what he said about culture in israel. most of the things i cover that have gone bad is politicians don't understand the importance of culture. when are you talking about europe, iraq,ed u.s., it was completely misapplied to the palestinians but to at least think about things other than economics to think about the importance of culture. i'm not going to slap him for that. >> i will slap him for israel. i thought it was shameless to go in there and basically to turn his back on by part san american policy, both parties, presidents on the settlements, on two-state solution, in jerusalem and the capitol. and then just to basically use it as a backdrop for 50,000 fund racer where he honored shelton ed elson the man who funded 8978% of newt gingrich's pact to-- pac to attack mitt romney it me it looked like sleazy politics. >> woodruff: the two of will you never be a backdrop for us. mark shields and david brooks, thank you both. >> brown: next: a mission to mars filled with high-stakes challenges. among them: nasa's new rover
. >> i think i liked mostly what he said about culture in israel. most of the things i cover that have gone bad is politicians don't understand the importance of culture. when are you talking about europe, iraq,ed u.s., it was completely misapplied to the palestinians but to at least think about things other than economics to think about the importance of culture. i'm not going to slap him for that. >> i will slap him for israel. i thought it was shameless to go in there and...
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israel has threatened to bomb iran's nuclear facilities, and iran in turn promised to mine the strait of hormuz, one of the world's most important shipping routes. the navy invited 20 reporters to cover the military drill. one of them was our own dan sagalyn, who produced this report. u.s. navy sailors and defense contractors onboard the u.s.s. "ponce" in the persian gulf are up early, getting ready to practice protecting their ship and the sea lanes. video from the so-called scan eagle is fed back to the command vessel where sailors watch for boats with hostile intentions. >> the imagery analysts that we have here, that work the scan eagle, they know this ar. so they have been doing this for at least two years looking at the iranians, so we can tell. >> suarez: the drone lands by flying towards a cable, snagging it with its wing. elsewhere, men haul out the newest tool in their arsenal-- the kingfish, an unmanned, underwater vehicle that uses sonar to locate mines below the surface. just last week, general mohammad ali jafari, the head of iran's revolutionary guards, said "this is a
israel has threatened to bomb iran's nuclear facilities, and iran in turn promised to mine the strait of hormuz, one of the world's most important shipping routes. the navy invited 20 reporters to cover the military drill. one of them was our own dan sagalyn, who produced this report. u.s. navy sailors and defense contractors onboard the u.s.s. "ponce" in the persian gulf are up early, getting ready to practice protecting their ship and the sea lanes. video from the so-called scan...
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particularly israel. >> i think israel is getting very nervous as this plant cos to complion. it has a reason to be. and of course their initial reaction in the sense is to think about military action. we don't want to see that, certainly, because we have been embroiled in two wars in the region. the country is weary of this. and that is not a direction we want to takement but the pressures of the election here and the pressures from israel may be very strong and create a new kind of dynamism. >> explain why the addition of more centrifuges. would that advance the timetable by which iran could, if theytook the political decision, to produce a nuclear weapon from all of this, does it advance that timetable? >> it would eventually. in other words, as the stockpile grows up to 20% enriched uranium then they can rapidly upgrade it and the more centrifuges that they have for that upgrading process, the faster it goes. so we could be talking about a matter of months to get that done, getting the weapon grade material whereas now it might take let's say a year or something of that ki
particularly israel. >> i think israel is getting very nervous as this plant cos to complion. it has a reason to be. and of course their initial reaction in the sense is to think about military action. we don't want to see that, certainly, because we have been embroiled in two wars in the region. the country is weary of this. and that is not a direction we want to takement but the pressures of the election here and the pressures from israel may be very strong and create a new kind of...
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i can see why obama went to israel. you highlight that but that is not what people are about. >>woodruff: bringing him back home the campaign is still running. we are going to look atwodds adds-- ad quickly. president obama came to the white house with big plans. he would half the deficit, strengthen the economy and lower unemployment. what did we get? national debt over 15 trillion and climbing. unemployment about 8% for 40 straight months and ongoing economic crisis with no end in sight. he tried, you tried, it's ok to make a change. the republican national committee is responsible for the could be tencontent of this adv. we are a nation of workers and doers and dreamers. we work hard for what we get. and all we ask for is our hard work pays offer. offer-- off. i believe the way you grow the economy is from the middle up. i believe in fighting for the middle class because if they are prospering all of us will prosper. that is the idea of america and that is why america is the greatest nation on earth. i'm barack obama and i approve this meage. >>woodruff: mark, we are told t
i can see why obama went to israel. you highlight that but that is not what people are about. >>woodruff: bringing him back home the campaign is still running. we are going to look atwodds adds-- ad quickly. president obama came to the white house with big plans. he would half the deficit, strengthen the economy and lower unemployment. what did we get? national debt over 15 trillion and climbing. unemployment about 8% for 40 straight months and ongoing economic crisis with no end in...
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in recent days, he'd garnered worldwide praise for mediating a cease-fire between israel and hamas. today, he told a supportive crowd outside the presidential palace in cairo that granting himself sweeping powers was necessary to prevent figures from the old regime from halting progress. >> ( translated ): i haven't taken a decision to use it against anyone-- to go against anyone is something that i could never be associated with-- or announcing that i am biased towards anyone. however, i must put myself on a clear path that will lead to the achievement of a clear goal. >> brown: the president's backers insisted the decree would be in effect only until a new constitution is approved. >> ( translated ): yes, he might be a dictator for the time being or might have unprecedented power throughout this period of two months, but after that, these powers will be transferred to an elected parliament. >> brown: but tens of thousands of anti-morsi protesters rallied in tahrir square, the heart of last year's popular revolution that led to end of the regime of hosni mubarak. they threw rocks a
in recent days, he'd garnered worldwide praise for mediating a cease-fire between israel and hamas. today, he told a supportive crowd outside the presidential palace in cairo that granting himself sweeping powers was necessary to prevent figures from the old regime from halting progress. >> ( translated ): i haven't taken a decision to use it against anyone-- to go against anyone is something that i could never be associated with-- or announcing that i am biased towards anyone. however, i...